Some adjustments to more clearly see Ask a Question in Q & A 1.2.1 (new discussion button).

R_J

The easiest thing would be to create your own view for that module.
Copy the theme you are using and make it a new theme. In your theme, copy /applications/vanilla/views/modules/newdiscussion.php to /themes/YOURTHEME/views/modules/newdiscussion.php

You can now edit this copy. You should enclose 2 lines in there:

$Question = $this->Buttons[1];
unset($this->Buttons[1]);

You need $Question['Text'] and Question['Url'] for your custom html and by unsetting the value, you prevent Vanilla from rendering a button with a dropdown arrow.

You would need to write some lines of JavaScript that change the link of the button depending on the radio button to either $this->Button['Url'] or $Question['Url'] and you can consider to also change the text of the button to either $this->Button['^Text'] or $Question['Text']

collents

@R_J Wow, thanks very much for that!

Vanillaplus

After adding The Big Button option part A code giving error from Unanswered question page. (something has gone wrong)

help me @peregrine @R_J

R_J

You are really confusing me...
https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/232524/#Comment_232524

Vanillaplus

@R_J said:
You are really confusing me...
https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/232524/#Comment_232524

It's not working on
Version 2.2.1

okhawaja

I followed the steps in the first 3 comments from the top, and it all works fine, but I get this big error when I click Unanswered Questions in the menu.

I

okhawaja

Also, in the comments section I get this warning.

River

@okhawaja said:
I followed the steps in the first 3 comments from the top, and it all works fine, but I get this big error when I click Unanswered Questions in the menu.

I

A professional TIP - if you are not using Q & A version 1.2.1 - you are in the wrong discussion.

A second professional tip - If you are not using Vanilla 2.1 - you are in the wrong discussion

A third tip - warnings are warnings - turn off debugging if you don't want warnings.

with Q & A 1.2.4

-1 ignore everything you have read above regarding changes, since you do not have the same versions.

all you need to make big buttons

-2 $Configuration['Plugins']['QnA']['UseBigButtons'] = TRUE;

in 1.2.4 you will see public function discussionController_render_before($sender) { you might change discussion to discussions.

you might also comment this part out, not sure.

if ($Sender->Data('Discussion.Type') == 'Question') {
$Sender->SetData('_CommentsHeader', T('Answers'));
}

you also need to change

-3 in the module

use return instead of echo.

return Anchor(T('Ask a Question'), '/post/question', 'Button BigButton NewQuestion');

as far as I can tell this version Version' => '1.3', also might have bugs. https://github.com/vanilla/addons/blob/master/plugins/QnA/class.qna.plugin.php#L11

if you are totally confused, then start a new discussion - list your version of vanilla, and your version number of QNA and what you want to accomplish.

if you are not confused , then start a new discussion - list your version of vanilla, and your version number of QNA and what you want to accomplish.

then read the FAQ to sort modules. https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/232501/#Comment_232501

and

https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/28420/frequently-asked-questions

It would be great if this add-on were updated and bug-free in the add-ons with the ability to use big buttons.

If a discussion was started two years ago - good idea to start a new discussion - since the odds are things have changed.